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15,894 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Road crashes in Uganda, violence in Kyiv and protests in Dublin (Ireland) drew the news. Uganda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 57 in 100 of its 177 stories, usually 24
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

101 of its 177 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kampala accounted for 66 of Uganda's 101 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Road crashes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

197 of its 480 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kyiv accounted for 113 of Ukraine's 197 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Ireland

306 of its 1,261 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 115 of Dublin's 180 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ireland over 30 days → its stories → Dublin stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

317 of its 1,045 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Peru

33 of its 85 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lima accounted for 26 of Peru's 33 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 20 of Lima's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

56 of its 77 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 26 of Haiti's 56 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

56 of its 152 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Abidjan's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 29 of Lebanon's 37 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Haiti (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Taiwan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 Oct. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 15,894 stories about harm among 93,737 counted on 22 Oct.

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In Haiti's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 93,737 stories, below the usual 18. Uganda's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 22 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti73 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda57 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 24 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Israel55 in 100 of its 892 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela52 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine51 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 617 Dublin Ireland115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Chicago US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 New York US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Los Angeles US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 489 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,469 stories · about as usual Health27% 4,146 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,660 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,921 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 640 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 512 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 307 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed3,449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured773 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions329 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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